Daniel Segers
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| Born | 1 February 2001 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 400m: 44.63 (2025) Long Jump 7.89m (2020) NU20R | ||||||||||||||
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Daniel Segers (born 1 February 2001) is a Belgian sprinter. He was the Belgian indoor national champion in 2025 in the 400 metres. He previously won the Belgian Athletics Championships in the long jump.[1]
Career
[edit]From Dendermonde, as a junior athlete he competed in the decathlon.[2] He represented Belgium at the 2017 European Youth Olympic Festival in Győr, Hungary winning gold in the long jump.[3] He won the senior Belgian Athletics Championships long jump title in Brussels in 2020, with a best jump of 7.89 metres.[4]
Having given up long jump due to a succession of injuries, he switched to train under Jacques Borlée from mid-October 2024. In February 2025, he won the Belgian national indoor 400 metres title.[5] He subsequently competed for Belgium at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.[6] He was the fifth fastest qualifier for the semi-finals with a new indoor personal best of 46.11 seconds.[7]
He was selected for the Belgian relay pool at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China, where he was a silver medalist in the Men's 4 × 400 metres relay.[8] He also competed in the Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay at the event.[9] He set a personal best of 44.63 seconds to win the 400 metres at the Golden Spike Ostrava on 24 June.[10] He ran 44.90 seconds to place fourth in the 2025 Diamond League at the 2025 Memorial Van Damme in Brussels, Belgium, on 22 August.[11] He placed sixth in the 400 metres at the Diamond League Final in Zurich on 28 August.[12] He was selected for the Belgian team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ "Daniel Segers". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ "KVV MULTI-EVENTS: DANIEL SEGERS WITH TWO RECORDS". Atletiek.be. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ^ "EYOF: DANIEL SEGERS CONFIRMS FAVOURITE ROLE WITH GOLD!". Atletiek.be. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ^ "Belgian Championships". World Athletics. 15 August 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ^ "Daniel Segers prepares for his first European Championship as a senior: "The fear I once had has now turned into self-confidence"". Nieuwsblad.be. 4 March 2025. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ^ "Euro d'athlétisme en salle : Sacoor bloqué, Segers blessé… les Belgian Tornados déforcés avant la finale de ce dimanche". Lavenir.net. 8 March 2025. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ^ "400m: Daniel Segers' series Euro Indoor 2025 - Apeldoorn". rtbf.be. 7 March 2025. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ^ "World Relays: Belgian Tornados take silver medal in 4x400m". lesoir.be. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ^ "Mixed 4x400 Metres Relay - World Athletics Relays Championships 2025". Watch Athletics. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
- ^ "Duplantis and Koech among meeting record-breakers in Ostrava". World Athletics. 24 June 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
- ^ "Results - Brussels Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. 22 August 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
- ^ Collett, Jasmine (28 August 2025). "Results - Weltklasse Zurich Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
- ^ "Belgian Athletics maakt volledige selectie WK Tokio bekend: Anne Zagré mee met Rockets". atni.be. 29 August 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
